Class – Beginners/Intermediates

Instructor:- Jacqui – 6 week course

Beginners:   Introduces the “foundation game” while building your dogs confidence and focus as they develop their hunting abilities. Handlers learn to read their dogs unique hunting behaviours and start to understand the subtle signals that their dogs use to communicate with them. You will learn the basics of olfaction and odour and will begin your journey towards becoming a true detection team.

There is no pre-requisite for the Beginners course

Intermediates:   Introduces handling and competition skills to the handlers while exposing the dog to increasing more complex scent puzzles. Search areas will be expanded and novel hide locations will be introduced. Odour movement and olfaction will be discussed. This class is geared towards getting handler teams ready to go on to odour. ORT (Odour Recognition Tests) and Trial requirements will be explained

Pre-requisite is handler must have previously attended a K9 Nose Time beginners course.